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What features made the caravel an excellent sailing ship.?
its sails
What is the ship with square and triangular sails?
caravel
A ship with square and triangular sails?
caravel
What instruments and improvements to ship made sea level easier?
Instruments: Lateen sails Improvments: Caravel
What was the difference between caravels and earlier ships?
the caravel has triangular sails as well as square sails. Square sails carried the ship forward when the wind was at its back. Triangular sails allowed the caravel to sail into the wind. the caravel was better than other euoopean ships of the time at this type of sailing
In what way did the caravel improve?
light caravel had triangular sails to better control the wind
A boat with tall masts and huge canvas sails is called?
A Tall Ship. A Caravel. A Bark. A Brigantine. A Clipper Ship. A Brig.
What does caravel mean in a simple definition?
a ship with triangular sails that allowed it to sail into the wind and with square sails that carried it forward when the wind was at it's back.
How does a caravel work?
A caravel is a small, highly maneuverable sailing ship developed in the 15th century by the Portuguese. The lateen sails gave it speed and the capacity for sailing to windward.
How does caravel work?
A caravel is a small, highly maneuverable sailing ship developed in the 15th century by the Portuguese. The lateen sails gave it speed and the capacity for sailing to windward.
What made the caravel a good ship for exploration?
Some reasons why the caravel was a good ship for exploration were that they were agile and easier to navigate, with a tonnage of 50 to 160 tons and 1 to 3 masts, with lateen triangular sails allowing beating.Being smaller and having a shallow keel, the caravel could sail upriver in shallow coastal waters. With the lateen sails attached, it was highly maneuverable and could sail much nearer the wind, while with the square Atlantic-type sails attached, it was very fast.
How did the caravel improve navigation?
The caravel was created by Prince Henry, a portuguese explorer. He needed a ship that would be able to sail near the rocky coast of Africa and connect him to the Indies for trade. ... The first improvement were its lateen sails. They were triangular sails that helped travel against wind and increased the speed of the ship.
